This paper’s novelty come into surface by its focus on the meaning of Management of Technology, a term that reflects a specific managerial practice working at strategic, tactic and operational levels, whose theoretical foundations grants a dimension of a body of knowledge articulated in accordance to the managerial functions on which acts upon. Featuring a complex system of research methods articulated in accordance to the nature of the research’ interest, Management of Technology construct (MOT) come into view as a single conceptual unit. Results presented here include MOT structural management functions’ boundaries setting, the modelling of the Nomological Net in which the construct is implanted, and the interconnections with its observable operational techniques and practices. The paper’s content contributes to gain understanding on the configuration of the theoretical net that gives to the Management of Technology construct its structural dimension, identified as the managerial essential functions that made the abstract idea visible through its observable practices.
KeywordsTechnology and EconomicsManagement of TechnologyMOT Nomological NetMOT Theory BuildingManagement of Technology Construct
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